What does it feel like when you blow your engine while riding?

byebi

I've been wondering, what happens when your engine blows when your riding? What does it feel like? Hopefully this will never happen (knock on wood) but just trying to get prepared if it ever does. 2 stroke and 4 stroke. Oh ya, will the rear tire lock up and just skid to a stop?

Caddy 16v

I was riding behind a friend on the street once, and we did around 55 when his engine locked up and his back wheel locked up as well, i almost ran into him and the skidmark was pretty impressive to say the least!!!

KJ790

It depends on what breaks in the engine. Sometimes it is just like running out of gas, the engine will start to bog down, lose power, and sputter for a couple seconds before stalling. Sometimes there will be a loud noise and the wheel will lock up solid with no warning. No matter how it blows, you always get the same sinking feeling in your stomach and knot in your throat.

KaptainKoolz

i was drag racing my buddy on his cr125 up a hill...he is always in the dust..so i didnt realize he stopped until about a mile down the road...i came back and the motor had 0 compresion...so he rode my bike back home and we towed his bike back behind a car...

Zappa

My 125 ate a circlip when it was screaming at about 11k-12k rpm. About 1.5 hours of riding after a fresh top end.

It's pretty much riding along, the bike starts loosing power, you pull in the clutch and the bike dies instantly. The sound kind of reminded me of when I am lazy and accelerating while way out of the power band. Just a really whining sound, except instead of building up, it's building down.